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Avengers: Endgame The Pirate Angel, The Talking Tree, and Captain Rabbit

Steve Behling · Marvel Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

WHACK! When a mystery man lands smack-dab on the front of their ship while flying through space, the Guardians of the Galaxy bring him aboard to take a closer look. Is he an angel? With that eye patch, could he be . . . a pirate? Turns out it's Thor, the God of Thunder, and he's...
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Summer of a Thousand Pies

Margaret Dilloway · Balzer Bray
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A heartfelt contemporary middle grade novel about a girl who must try to save her aunt's failing pie shop, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish, Fish in a Tree - and The Great British Baking Show.When Cady Bennett is sent to live with the aunt she didn't even know she had in the quaint...
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Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII

Mary Cronk Farrell · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Standing Up Against Hate tells the stories of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in World War II. They quickly discovered that they faced as many obstacles in the armed forces as they did in everyday life. However, they...
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The Young Adventurer's Guide to

Ben Hewitt · Roost Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

45 step-by-step, illustrated activties that teach kids everything from how to see like an owl to build the world's coolest fort from sticks. (ages 8-12) Calling all adventurers! Want to know how to build a fort from nothing but sticks? Or find your way through the forest? This survival...
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Bigger, Badder, Nerdier

Obert Skye · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

"Dystopia meets Wimpy Kid in this mash-up." -- School Library JournalBook 2 in a post-apocalyptic parody series!Otto Waddle Junior High School is worse than ever. Tip and his geeky friends have finally come into their superpowers -- well, their mediocre powers -- and now have...
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Monstrous Devices

Damien Love · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

"I enjoyed everything about Damien Love's debut - its title, its breakneck action, its sly sense of humor. I wish my first novel had been as imaginative and assured." - Anthony Horowitz, New York Times bestselling author of the Alex Rider seriesOn a winter's day in a British...
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Funny Kid for President

MATT STANTON · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Big Nate meets Timmy Failure in Funny Kid for President, the first book in an uproarious new middle grade series by Matt Stanton, Australia's bestselling children's book author. When Max gets blamed for pooping in the storeroom (which he did NOT do) , tensions hit an all-time high between...
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Galloglass

Scarlett Thomas · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Effie, Wolf, Raven, and Max are faced with their most challenging adventure yet in the third installment of the magical Worldquake series, which Kirkus Reviews calls "tailor-made for Harry Potter's fans."Effie Truelove and her school friends Lexy, Wolf, Maximilian, and Raven...
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How to Become an Accidental Genius

Frieda Wishinsky · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover

Don't be afraid to try! Make connections! Be persistent! Ask questions and never take no for an answer! Learn the secrets and amazing stories of successful inventors! How to Become an Accidental Genius is full of inspiring tales of famous and lesser-known inventors who have changed...
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Chasing Helicity Into the Wind

Ginger Zee · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

When Helicity Dunlap flies for Texas to spend time with her best friend Mia she hopes to leave the tragedies of the devastating tornado and flash flood back in Michigan-at least for a little while. Her responsibilities at Mia's Aunt Suze's beachfront bed and breakfast are pretty...
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